On the grammar and processing of proportional quantifiers: Most versus more than half

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-98

  Hackl, Martin ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrees; Generalized Quantifier Theory; Psycholinguistics; Quantification; Superlatives; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349127158     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-008-9039-x     Document Type: Article

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